Bacon Cheddar Potato Peel Chips (Don’t Throw Away Your Potato Peels!)

Potato peels don’t get the love they deserve! They make a perfectly delicious snack baked up into crunchy chips that are accepting of all kinds of toppings or are fine on their own with just a little salt and pepper.

This is my ‘loaded’ version with cheddar cheese and crispy bacon crumbled over them plus a dollop of sour cream for dipping.

When I think of all the potato peels I’ve thrown away it makes me sad. Mountains of them. What a waste of food.

The cool thing is you don’t even have to cook them right away. If you put them in a bowl, cover them with water and refrigerate you can wait up to 3 or 4 days to bake them. Save them for movie night munchies. The second coolest thing is you can bake them up right way or pan-fry them in shallow oil to add pizazz to your meal. Top your mashed potatoes, casseroles, burgers and even salads with them.

To make the peels fairly uniform I draw a potato peeler lengthwise from end to end over the potato to make strips and then throw them right into a bowl of ice water to help them crisp up easier and get rid of any residual dirt. And I always buy organic now – they have the smoothest, most beautiful peels with little to no blemishes.

They remind me of curly fries! They curl up and get all tangled together the same way. I kind of, sort of, love that and think you will too.

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